Cypress Boat Floating

His Majesty was kindhearted. Although the truth of General Ye Honghai's treason had not been uncovered, considering his great contributions to the country and his outstanding military exploits, he still held a large funeral for him, allowing the whole country to mourn for him for a day.

Today is the day of Ye Honghai's funeral. As the body had long been burned by thieves, they could only build a cenotaph for him. All the property of the general's mansion would be buried with him, and the burial place was carefully selected by the imperial master.

The common people even spontaneously attended Ye Honghai's funeral, walking at the back following the coffin and stopping when they could no longer move.

If you look back, you can see the people behind you with tears in their eyes, kneeling to see Ye Honghai off.

Some of them may have never seen Ye Honghai in person, nor have they ever spoken to Ye Honghai, but everyone present has been protected by him. It was he who fought on the front line against the Desert Army that saved the people of the entire country from the turmoil of war.

Those who are far away from the war may not know who Ye Honghai is, but everyone in the eleven border cities knows who their savior is.

This day.

There was a rare heavy rain in Beiguan, and the people from the eleven cities all came to Beiguan, the city they feared the most.

Holding black umbrellas and white flowers, everyone stood in front of the general's mansion in an orderly manner.

Dai Xingxian was Ye Honghai's most trusted deputy general during his lifetime, so he walked in front of the funeral procession, holding Ye Honghai's clothes. They didn't know that a funeral was also held for Ye Honghai in the capital, but this funeral was held spontaneously by them and in accordance with the opinions of the people.

The whole city was solemn. The only sound was the sound of rain hitting the ground. The splashing mud splashed on everyone's trouser legs, but at this moment no one was willing to think about these things.

A sobbing sound came from the crowd. It was from a beautiful little girl with pigtails and her face was soaked with tears. She was still a child. She didn't understand what had happened to Ye Honghai, but she knew that the General Ye who had taken the best care of her and given her candy would never come back, and she would never see General Ye again.

At this moment, the concept of death entered the mind of the child, who was still very young and had never understood the separation of life and death.

The sobbing sound seemed to turn on a switch, and soon, sounds began to be heard from the crowd. They were the cries of people who could no longer hold back, the wails of grief, and the sounds of people who had lost hope.

Dai Xingxian had a blank expression on his face, holding the box tightly in his hands. In a corner where no one knew, his palm was almost cut by the edge of the box.

One step, two steps, three steps.

The cemetery chosen for him by Dai Xingxian was in Wangbei Mountain.

There are no mountains on the border between Damo and Da'an, and there is desert everywhere. However, there is a mountain not far from Beiguan City. The mountain is not high, but its highest point can overlook the entire Beiguan.

Ye Honghai's tomb is at the highest peak of Wangbei Mountain. That's where Ye Honghai took Dai Xingxian when he first came to the military camp.

At that time, Dai Xingxian was still a teenager, and Ye Honghai was not that old either, but he had been here for several years. Ye Honghai liked Dai Xingxian very much and thought that Dai Xingxian was a promising talent, so he took the initiative to teach him.

The young and energetic Ye Honghai brought the ignorant Dai Xingxian and secretly came here over the city gate in the middle of the night.

At that time, Ye Honghai pointed to a dark place underground where nothing could be seen and said to Dai Xingxian: "Xiao Dai, I tell you, if I die in the future, you must bury me here, understand?"

Dai Xingxian didn't understand anything and asked curiously, "Brother, why?"

Ye Honghai put away his playful smile and said to him seriously and solemnly: "Because you can see the entire Beiguan City from here. I hope that after I die, I can also protect the people of Beiguan."

That was the first time that Dai Xingxian felt the responsibility on his shoulders, and also the first time he felt the significance of their presence here. Ye Honghai had never broken his promise, and he had always been protecting all the people at the border, so the people respected and loved him so much.

Walking out of Beiguan City and setting foot on the road to Wangbei Mountain, the road is rugged and not easy to walk on in rainy days. The mud after being watered by heavy rain is sticky and slippery, especially the road to Wangbei Mountain.

Dai Xingxian felt that it was very easy to walk in the past, and he could climb up in less than an incense stick of time. But now, for some reason, it seemed as if his feet were buried in the soil, and he couldn't pull them out or walk.

He suddenly felt very sad in his heart. He felt that he had let down General Ye's training in the past. Now he couldn't even go this far.

It seemed like someone patted him on the shoulder and then said something to the people, but Dai Xingxian didn't hear it clearly. He only knew that his world was quiet. There was no sound of heavy rain hitting the umbrella, nor the sound of other people talking. It seemed as if his ears were blocked by someone, and he could hear nothing.

Finally, he reached the cemetery. Because of the rain, some water inevitably flowed into the originally dug pit. Dai Xingxian looked at it and suddenly became furious. He pointed at the pit and yelled at the people next to him: "What are you doing? Don't you see that there is water here? Why don't you deal with the water? Is this what the general taught you?"

His throat, which had been roaring, soon felt uncomfortable, and there was a burning sensation in his stomach. Dai Xingxian frowned, but ignored the discomfort. He put the box aside and wrapped it with his clothes, then took the umbrella from the person next to him to cover it, and then knelt down to scoop out the water in the pit, but he had no tools and could not scoop it out.

When he tried to jump down to get it, he was stopped.

"Dai Xingxian, don't go crazy. No one wants anything to happen to the general. You are not the only one who is suffering. Could you please be kind and let the general have a good life?" Another deputy general, Long Rancheng, had tears in his eyes but still tried to hold him back.

Dai Xingxian looked coldly at the hand that was holding his, and slapped it with an expressionless face: "You want the general to have a good life, but you still don't take care of the general's grave?"

His tone was calm, as if the person who had just lost his temper was not him, like two different people. His tone was calm to a frightening degree.

Long Rancheng had worked with Dai Xingxian for so many years, so he naturally knew his respect for the general and understood his pain. Seeing Dai Xingxian like this, he felt even more uncomfortable: "It's raining, so it's normal for some water to flow in. Everyone is protecting it well and wants to give the general a good send-off."

Dai Xingxian ignored him and wanted to continue jumping, but Long Rancheng closed his eyes and waved his hand to have him caught and trapped to prevent him from doing anything stupid.

"Xingxian, please give the general a good ride and stop making trouble. The general will not be happy." There was a hint of pleading in his tone, and the bloodshot in his eyes was no less than Dai Xingxian's.

Dai Xingxian's hands were restrained and he struggled frantically. The people around him had been through life and death together for more than ten years, so they knew how to deal with Dai Xingxian. Under normal circumstances, Dai Xingxian might be able to win against two people at one, but in this situation where he was exhausted both physically and mentally, the two colleagues held him down tightly and he could not break free.

"Xingxian, you are the general's most trusted person, and you should be the one to escort the general to the tomb in person. If you promise me not to do stupid things again, I will let everyone release you and let you personally escort the general. How about that?" Long Rancheng admitted that he was despicable and used Dai Xingxian's respect for Ye Honghai to calm him down, but he had no choice. If he continued to make trouble for a while, he would miss the time.

He was now glad that he had asked the people to stop at the foot of the mountain and only let their Flame Army come up. Now everyone around him knew Dai Xingxian's mood and no one cared about it.

Perhaps he was tired, or perhaps he had really thought it through. Dai Xingxian leaned against someone and nodded slowly. There was no life in him. If it weren't for this little thing that supported him, he would have died when he found out about this a few days ago.

Under Long Rancheng's instructions, the people beside him let go of Dai Xingxian's hand. Long Rancheng picked up the box that Dai Xingxian had carefully protected all the way and put it in his hand. He put it into the coffin himself, and then several soldiers lowered the coffin into the pit.

The yellow earth gradually buried the coffin, shovel by shovel, and Dai Xingxian felt that his heart was gradually disappearing along with the yellow earth.

The tombstone was carved stroke by stroke by Dai Xingxian in the past few days. Ye Honghai has no wife or children, and his parents died early, so it is not an exaggeration to let Dai Xingxian, a half-apprentice, do the carving.

The earthen tomb gradually took shape, the tombstone was placed, fruits and food were laid out, and everyone began to burn incense.

A soldier nearby started lighting firecrackers. As the sound of cannons rang out, firecrackers were also set off at the foot of the mountain. Suddenly, the whole mountain was filled with the sound of cannons.

"General, rest in peace!" Dai Xingxian stroked the tombstone gently, and in a trance he seemed to see the young man full of vigor and vitality standing in front of him.